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A wireless power distribution and control system may be used to supply power wirelessly to various devices. The devices in the system may have control over the system and/or over certain features of other devices. For example, a smartphone charging in the wireless power distribution and control syst

A wireless power distribution and control system may be used to supply power wirelessly to various devices. The devices in the system may have control over the system and/or over certain features of other devices. For example, a smartphone charging in the wireless power distribution and control system may have access to and control over other devices in the system, such as the overhead lights, or a projector in a conference room. The identification of other devices, as well as commands for controlling these devices may be communicated over the wireless power link. The type and degree of control of each device in that system may vary based on access control levels for the power supplies and connected devices. The devices that receive power may be configured to automatically connect with the power distribution system and to monitor the other devices connected to the system.

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1. A wireless power distribution system comprising: a power supply;a plurality of remote wireless power supplies coupled with the power supply and individually configured to provide power wirelessly to one or more remote devices; anda controller device that is configured to wirelessly receive power

1. A wireless power distribution system comprising: a power supply;a plurality of remote wireless power supplies coupled with the power supply and individually configured to provide power wirelessly to one or more remote devices; anda controller device that is configured to wirelessly receive power from one of the plurality of remote wireless power supplies, and configured to wirelessly receive a listing of the remote devices receiving power from one or more of the remote wireless power supplies and to receive control commands for the remote devices;wherein the controller device utilizes the control commands for controlling the one or more remote devices. 2. The wireless power distribution system of claim 1 further comprising: external remote devices that receive the control commands from an external location. 3. The wireless power distribution system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the remote devices is configured to wirelessly receive a listing of a subset of the other remote devices and control commands for the subset of the other remote devices. 4. The wireless power distribution system of claim 1 wherein the controller device is located externally from the power supply and the remote wireless power supplies, further wherein the controller device is configured to provide control commands for the remote devices from the external location. 5. The wireless power distribution system of claim 1 further comprising: an external controller device that is located externally from the power supply and the remote wireless power supplies, wherein the external controller device utilizes the control commands for controlling at least one of the remote devices. 6. The wireless power distribution system of claim 1 wherein the power distribution system is less than 50 volts of direct current (“VDC”). 7. The wireless power distribution system of claim 1 wherein the controller device comprises: a power receiver that couples with and receives power wirelessly from the power supply or one of the plurality of remote wireless power supplies;a software interface that is configured to receive an indication when the controller device is coupled with the wireless charging power distribution system, and that is configured to control remote devices in the wireless charging power distribution system when access restrictions are satisfied; anda display that includes features that are available for control by the controller device, wherein those features can be adjusted with the controller device. 8. The wireless power distribution system of claim 7 wherein the software interface is coupled with a memory that stores control commands. 9. The wireless power distribution system of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of remote wireless power supplies is associated with a particular location and the listing of remote devices is limited to those devices associated with the one of the plurality of remote wireless power supplies that wirelessly provides power. 10. The wireless power distribution system of claim 9 wherein each of the remote devices is associated with a location and each of the remote devices is only provided in the listing when the controller device is at the associated location. 11. The wireless power distribution system of claim 1 further comprising another controller device that is coupled with the wireless power distribution system over a network and configured to receive a listing of available remote devices in the system and control commands for those remote devices, wherein the another controller device utilizes the control commands for controlling at least one of the remote devices. 12. The wireless power distribution system of claim 1 wherein the controller device controls voltage or current properties of the power supply. 13. In a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for connecting with and establishing control in a wireless power distribution network, the storage medium comprising instructions operative for: identifying the wireless power distribution network;receiving, as part of a wireless power connection, an indication of other devices coupled with the wireless power distribution network;establishing access controls for each of the other devices, wherein the access controls comprise features of the other devices that can be controlled; andcontrolling the other devices depending on the access controls. 14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising: storing the indication of other devices; andreceiving commands for controlling the other devices as part of the wireless power connection. 15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the other devices are located outside of the wireless power distribution network. 16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the access controls comprise load information for the wireless power distribution network. 17. A method for establishing control over devices in different wireless power distribution networks comprising: receiving, at a controller device, an indication of a wireless power distribution network within proximity of the controller device;automatically receiving a listing of available power supplies and other devices within the indicated wireless power distribution network;accessing commands for at least some of the available power supplies and for at least some of the other devices; andcontrolling, when granted access, at least some of the available power supplies or the other devices based on the granted access with the controller device. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the commands are received at the controller device as part of the wireless power connection. 19. The method of claim 17, further comprising: receiving, at a device, an indication of another wireless power distribution network within proximity of the device when the device is within proximity to the another wireless power distribution network. 20. The method of claim 17, wherein the controlling of the at least some of the available power supplies comprise adjusting voltage or current properties of the at least some of the available power supplies. 21. A method for allowing control over a wireless power distribution network comprising: identifying devices connected with the wireless power distribution network, wherein the network is configured to wirelessly provide power to the connected devices through one or more power supplies;determining access control restrictions for the connected devices;providing a list of the connected devices and command codes for certain devices to those devices whose access control restrictions allow for control over other devices; andreceiving the command codes from those devices for controlling the other devices. 22. The method of claim 21 wherein the identifying comprises an identification for each of the connected devices. 23. The method of claim 22 wherein the identification for each of the connected devices comprises a serial number for each device.